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The article discusses that the Irish Education Alliance seeking to remove teen LGBTQ+ books from public libraries. It further discusses that the Local Government Management Agency's (LGMA) Libraries Development unit advises central and local government on library matters; the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs); and also mentions that Bloomsbury Publishing has launched a pilot scheme to help authors publish works on an open access (OA) basis.

The article focuses on the Overview of 2020," from the Federation of European Publishers (FEP) paints a mixed picture. Topics discussed include academic libraries may also be paying the cost of COVID-19, according to some Grate Britain librarians who are angry at steep rises in the prices of academic ebook; and the views of Sabine Verheyen, chairwoman of the European Parliament's culture and education committee, on it.

The article discusses about Addressing the Gender Pay Gap at the British Library. Topics include the British library said in a press release that it remains committed to eliminating its gender pay gap; when female employees earned an average of 96 percent for every pound paid to men; and CEO Roly Keating who issued his own statement on the gender pay gap reporting, asserts that the library is taking various step to make gender pay equality a reality by 2023.

The article offers information on the Research Applications in Information and Library Studies (RAILS) conference held from December 6-8, 2016 in Wellington, New Zealand. The conference featured several presentation on topics including diversity pertains to librarianship and the information industry, majority liberal librarian perspectives which promote tolerance and librarian has an opportunity perhaps even an obligation.

The article focuses on the implication of the Brexit also known as the withdrawal of Great Britain from its membership with the European Union (EU), on the country's political system. Topics include the resignation of the country's Prime Minister David Cameron which resulted to the changes in the government, the appointment of the new prime minister Theresa May who are in action of negotiating the position of Brexit with the EU, and the economic contribution of science in the country.